Everything Announced at Google I/O 2026
…Daily Brief pulls info and data from your calendar, email, and other information to summarize and prioritize your plans for the immediate future. (Google tested out a similar feature in its experimental…
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SimpliSafe: The Ikea of Home Security Systems
…I now have a smoke alarm listener for our hardwired network of smoke alarms, a smart CO2 detector, an outdoor camera with a monitoring plan, and an additional smart lock that I…
Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation
…Amodei wrote that the “vast majority” of Anthropic’s customers will not have to make changes. The US government’s designation “plainly applies only to the use of Claude by customers as…
The Secret to Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Online Superstardom? Control
…you would love to alt, so alter or change? And what would you love to delete? What would you love to eliminate from planet Earth if you could? Technology I’d like…
Don’t Forget About the iPad Air in the Hubbub Over the MacBook Neo
…Unless you plan to do something like bring your iPad out to a video shoot to handle multiple 4K live video streams, the iPad Pro is probably overkill. I’m not saying…
Apple’s Next Chapter, SpaceX and Cursor Strike a Deal, and Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto
…I'm very curious to see how that changes. Zoë Schiffer: I think that Cook is a diplomat first and foremost, and he used that diplomacy to position Apple to get deals…
Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
…The Windsurf deal was a victim of this process, and OpenAI’s deal to acquire the startup fell apart by July. At that point, Google ended up hiring Windsurf's founders; the…
The US Can Put People on the Moon. Why Can’t It Get Iranians Online?
…If those are the plans, then there's not any real plans. Then there was no plan. There was no friggin’ plan. You were accused of espionage by the regime. You were…
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
…During my testing, though, when I asked a bot therapist who it liked in the NBA playoffs—a change of subject it should have shut down— it called my jail-breaking pivot…
He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up
…when you're dealing with user-generated content, that is going to be something to expect. How do you imagine UpScrolled making money? How do you eventually plan to monetize what you…